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1The definition of sex and gender used in this 

RFA is based on the Institute of Medicine report 

titled Exploring the Biological Contributions to 

Human Health. Does Sex Matter? It defines sex as 

a classification generally of male and female 

according to reproductive organs and function that 

derive from the chromosomal complement. The 

term gender is defined as a person’s self 

representation as a male or female and how that 

person is responded to by social institutions on the 

basis of individual gender presentations. 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Advancing System Improvements to 

Support Targets for Healthy People 

2010 (ASIST2010) 

AGENCY: Office on Women’s Health, 

Office of Public Health and Science, 

Office of the Secretary, Department of 

Health and Human Services. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Announcement Type: Competitive 

Cooperative Agreement FY 2007 Initial 

Announcement. 

Funding Opportunity Number: Not 

applicable. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance: The Catalog of Federal 

Domestic Assistance number is 93.088. 

DATES: Proposals are due no later than 

5 p.m. Eastern Time on June 18, 2007. 

The application due date requirement in 

this announcement supersedes the 

instructions in Form OPHS–1. 

ADDRESSES: To receive consideration, 

applications must be received by the 

Office of Grants Management (OGM), 

Office of Public Health and Science 

(OPHS), Department of Health and 

Human Services (DHHS) c/o WilDon 

Solutions, Office of Grants Management 

Operations Center, 1515 Wilson 

Boulevard, Third Floor, Suite 310, 

Arlington, VA 22209, Attention Office 

on Women’s Health, ASIST2010. 

Authority: This program is authorized by 

42 U.S.C. 300u–2(a). 

Purpose and Eligibility: The purpose 

of this Request for Applications (RFA) is 

to use a public health systems approach 

to improve performance on two or more 

Healthy People 2010 (HP 2010) 

objectives that target women and/or 

men in the Focus Areas specified in this 

RFA. There must already be an existing 

source for baseline data for the 

objectives selected by the applicant and 

the applicant must already be a 

participant in an existing public health 

system/collaborative partnership. 

Eligible applicants are public and 

private organizations (public and 

private academic institutions and 

hospitals); community-based and faithbased organizations; medical groups/ 

practices, and organizations with 

women’s and men’s health experience 

with funding lasting through September 

30, 2010, that will help support the 

proposed program activities. State, 

county, and local health departments 

and tribes and tribal organizations are 

also eligible to apply. 

SUMMARY: The DHHS Office on 

Women’s Health (OWH) was established 

in 1991 to improve the health and well 

being of all women and girls in the 

United States (US). To achieve this longterm goal, the OWH focuses on reducing 

the health differences (disparities) 

between women and men, between girls 

and boys, and among populations of 

women by supporting programs such as 

the 48 Multidisciplinary Health Models 

for Women sites throughout the U.S. 

Each site has implemented its own 

paradigm and blend of services to fit the 

needs of its community. The National 

Centers of Excellence in Women’s 

Health (CoEs), National Community 

Centers of Excellence in Women’s 

Health (CCOEs), and the CoE- and 

CCOE-Ambassadors for Change (AFCs), 

in particular, have served as leaders and 

change agents in the area of women’s 

health. Their pioneering efforts have led 

to changes in the way women’s health 

services are delivered, changes in 

women’s health curricula, acceptance of 

community health workers and allied 

health professionals as key members of 

the care delivery team, development of 

leadership and empowerment programs 

for women, and much more. These 

programs have also demonstrated that, 

on a local level, the formation of 

collaborative partnerships across 

schools, clinics, and disciplines within 

the academic community, and among 

community-based organizations with 

similar missions, leads to broader 

outreach, the delivery of more 

counseling and preventive services, 

improved access to more comprehensive 

services, and greater patient satisfaction. 

More information about these programs 

can be found at http:// 

www.womenshealth.gov/owh/ 

multidisciplinary/. 

A recent literature review 

commissioned by the OWH (Literature 

Review on Effective Sex- and GenderBased Systems/Models of Care, 2007, 

also available at (http:// 

www.womenshealth.gov/owh/ 

multidisciplinary/reports/ 

GenderBasedMedicine/) to help guide 

the development of this RFA, reports 

that the comprehensive, integrated, 

multidisciplinary models of women’s 

health care, first implemented by OWH 

about a decade ago, have helped to raise 

awareness of women’s health issues and 

have helped to establish women’s health 

as a discipline. A recommendation 

made was that it is time for OWH to 

move to a broader sex- and gender-based 

approach to health care, building on the 

success of its comprehensive, 

integrated, multidisciplinary models 

programs. The literature review 

addressed several broad questions and 

contains interesting and useful 

information on a variety of topics 

relevant to this RFA. The information 

on sex and gender 1 differences in the 

current healthcare system, the 

effectiveness of sex- and gender-based 

healthcare practices, the effectiveness of 

a sex- and gender-based focus on 

clinical care, and the effectiveness of 

patient advocates/navigators in getting 

men into the healthcare system and to 

needed care may be useful background 

information for applicants. 

Healthy People 2010 

Healthy People 2010 is a 

comprehensive, national disease 

prevention and health promotion 

agenda designed to improve the health 

of all people in the U.S. during the first 

decade of the 21st century. Healthy 

People 2010 build on initiatives 

implemented over the past 20 years 

including: 

1. Healthy People: The Surgeon 

General’s Report on Health Promotion 

and Disease Prevention (1979), 

2. Promoting Health/Preventing 

Disease: Objectives for the Nation 

(1980), and 

3. Healthy People 2000: National 

Health Promotion and Disease 

Prevention Objectives (1960). 

The two overarching goals of Healthy 

People 2010 are to increase years and 

quality of healthy life and to eliminate 

health disparities. These two goals are 

supported by specific objectives in 28 

Focus Areas. Healthy People 2010 

documents are available online at the 

Healthy People Web site: http:// 

www.healthypeople.gov/. A midcourse 

review of HP 2010 objectives was 

completed recently. The current list of 

Healthy People 2010 objectives assessed 

at the midcourse review and the results 

are available at: http:// 

www.healthypeople.gov/Data/ 

midcourse. 

The OWH believes in the value of a 

public health systems approach to 

improve health outcomes. Therefore, the 

OWH is planning to provide three years 

of funding to support public health 

systems and/or collaborative 

partnerships with baseline data 

available that put a gender focus on the 

following HP 2010 Focus Areas: 

• 3—Cancer, 

• 5—Diabetes, and/or 


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• 12—Heart Disease and Stroke, 

leading causes of death among women 

and men, and their objectives, crosscut 

with Focus Areas: 

• 1—Access to Quality Health 

Services, 

• 7—Educational and CommunityBased Programs, 

• 19—Nutrition and Overweight, and 

• 20—Physical Activity and Fitness, 

and their objectives. 

For example, an applicant may have 

as their program goal the reduction of 

the proportion of adults with high blood 

pressure (Focus Area 12/Objective 9) 

and an increase in the proportion of 

adults with high blood pressure whose 

blood pressure is under control (Focus 

Area 12/Objective 10) by increasing the 

proportion of adults with a usual 

primary care provider (Focus Area 1/ 

Objective 5). The applicant may choose 

to focus on a subpopulation of the adult 

population. The OWH believes that a 

gender-focused approach will help 

improve the health of U.S. women and 

girls as well as men and boys; improve 

the quality of care provided; reduce 

disparities among women, among men, 

and between women and men; and 

potentially, reduce overall health care 

costs by reducing duplication of 

services. 

Therefore, the OWH is implementing 

a new program titled: Advancing 

System Improvements to Support 

Targets for Healthy People 2010 

(ASIST2010). The goals of ASIST2010 

are: (1) To provide additional support to 

existing public health systems/ 

collaborative partnerships to enable 

them to add a gender focus to HP 2010 

objectives that track the health status of 

women and/or men, to help improve 

gender outcomes in the targeted 

population and/or geographic area, (2) 

improve surveillance/information 

systems that allow tracking of program 

progress on HP 2010 objectives at the 

grantee level, and (3) develop and 

implement a plan to sustain the program 

after OWH funding ends. 

Purpose 

The purpose of this new initiative is 

to use a public health systems approach 

to improve performance on two or more 

HP 2010 objectives that target women 

and/or men in the Focus Areas specified 

above. To enhance an applicant’s 

chance of meeting its goal(s) and 

objective(s), in addition to the OWH 

program goals, within the grant’s threeyear project period, applicants are 

encouraged to use evidence-based 

strategies to implement their program. A 

brief summary of the evidence-based 

strategy(ies) and references must be 

included in the program narrative. 

There are over 300 measurable HP 

2010 objectives in the 28 HP 2010 Focus 

Areas tracking data specific for women 

and men. To be responsive to the RFA, 

applicants must select at least one of the 

objectives in the OWH specified disease 

Focus Areas 3-Cancer, 5-Diabetes, and/ 

or 12-Heart Disease and Stroke, and at 

least one of the objectives in the four 

cross-cutting areas specified by OWH-1- 

Access to Quality Health Services and 7- 

Educational Community-Based 

Programs, 19-Nutrition and Overweight, 

and/or Physical Activity and Fitness. 

Applicants may focus on data collection 

among groups of women, among groups 

of men, or between groups of women 

and men. For example, an applicant 

may decide to select the following HP 

2010 objectives: 

• Reduce the proportion of adults 

with high blood pressure (Objective 12–

9 under Focus Area 12), 

• increase the proportion of persons 

with high blood pressure with their 

blood pressure under control (Objective 

12–10 under Focus Area 12), and 

• increase the proportion of persons 

with a usual primary care provider 

(Objective 1–5 under Focus Area 1), 

provided that regional, State, tribal, 

and/or county baseline data are 

available for these objectives. 

Applicants should describe activities 

in their targeted area that are addressing 

the objectives selected and how their 

approach will help move the objectives 

toward its national, State, or county 

target. The applicant must also describe 

the evidence-based strategy(ies) that 

will be used to achieve the desired 

outcome—a reduction in the proportion 

of adults with high blood pressure, an 

increase in the proportion of people 

with high blood pressure with their 

blood pressure under control, and an 

increase in the proportion of persons 

with a usual primary care provider in 

State X. The applicant must identify 

specific short-term outcomes that will 

support the achievement of the HP 2010 

objectives selected and describe how the 

outcomes will be achieved and 

measured. Additionally, all applicants 

must: 

(1) Establish a surveillance/ 

information system to track information 

on clients served to measure progress 

toward targets, 

(2) Implement a gender-based 

program focus, and 

(3) Develop and implement a plan to 

sustain the program after OWH funding 

ends. Applicants proposing to perform 

only these three activities will not be 

considered responsive to the RFA. 

The applicant must also report which 

HP 2010 objectives will be targeted in 

Table 1, baseline data in Table 2, target 

population data in Table 3, and 

implementation strategies in Table 4. 

All tables referenced in this RFA are 

included in the Application Kit which 

may be obtained by accessing http:// 

www.grants.gov or the eGrants system at 

http://www.GrantSolutions.gov. A hard 

copy of the Application Kit may be 

obtained by contacting WilDon 

Solutions at 1–888–203–6161. See 

Section IV for more instructions on how 

to obtain an Application Kit. The 

information provided in the tables must 

support the narrative. 

Public Health Systems Definition 

For the purpose of this RFA, a public 

health system is defined as an 

established, collaborative partnership 

between governmental and nongovernmental partners such as public 

and private academic institutions and 

hospitals, medical groups/practices, 

community-based and faith-based 

organizations, tribes and tribal 

organizations, organizations with 

expertise relevant to the HP 2010 

objectives selected by the applicant, 

State Women’s Health Coordinators 

(SWHCs), and organizations with 

women’s and men’s health and genderfocused programs and experience. A list 

of SWHCs is available at: http:// 

www.womenshealth.gov/owh/about/ 

swhc.cfm. Through collaboration on 

identified HP 2010 Focus Areas and 

objectives, the public health system 

works to create positive change that 

leads to improved outcomes for women 

and girls and/or men and boys. The 

public health system may be enhanced 

with additional partners in order to be 

responsive to the requirements of this 

RFA. Using the funds provided by OWH 

to add a gender focus to two or more of 

the seven Focus Areas listed below, the 

system will implement evidence-based 

strategies to achieve the Focus Area 

objectives identified by the applicant. 

The public health system must also 

address gender health issues across the 

lifespan using a comprehensive, 

integrated, multidisciplinary approach 

and be sustainable after OWH funding 

ends. At least a third of the partners 

within the public health system should 

have experience with gender focused 

programs. 

The primary goal of the public health 

systems-level change envisioned by 

OWH is improvements in performance 

on one or more of the HP 2010 

objectives selected by the applicant, 

specifically related to the seven HP 2010 

Focus Areas identified by OWH: 

• 1—Access to Quality Health 

Services, 

• 3—Cancer, 

• 5—Diabetes, 


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• 7—Educational and CommunityBased Programs, 

• 12—Heart Disease and Stroke, 

• 19—Nutrition and Overweight, and 

• 20—Physical Activity and Fitness. 

Systems change has been used to 

extend cultural competence; to deliver 

more comprehensive, integrated, 

multidisciplinary care; to accommodate 

women in various environments; and to 

improve performance management in 

health care, to cite a few examples. 

SMART Outcomes 

Program outcomes must be specific, 

measurable, achievable, relevant, and 

timely (SMART). SMART objectives are 

clear and leave no room for 

interpretation. At a minimum, outcomes 

must be inclusive of sex, gender, age 

and race/ethnicity. If available, 

information on education level, 

insurance coverage, income level, 

disability status, and other sociodemographic variables should also be 

reported. The outcomes should be 

consistent with the tribal, county, State, 

or regional HP 2010 baseline and/or 

target data available. Although tribal, 

county, State, or regional targets may 

not match the National targets, they 

should be consistent with the HP 2010 

plan in the State or area where the grant 

program will be implemented. If a State 

plan and/or State HP 2010 Midcourse 

Review is not available, applicants may 

use another source to provide the 

baseline data and to justify the need to 

focus the objectives selected for its 

community. Applicants are encouraged 

to contact their State Health Department 

to obtain a copy of their State HP 2010 

Midcourse Review. Some targets may 

have been revised as a result of the 

review. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Many programs operate with little or 

no attention to women and gender 

issues and, thus, may have a limited 

positive impact on achieving the HP 

2010 targets or on catalyzing progress 

toward the HP 2010 targets. The 

purpose of the ASIST2010 program is 

for the OWH to provide three years of 

funding to existing public health 

systems/collaborative partnerships to 

add a gender focus to two or more of the 

Focus Areas and objectives targeted by 

this RFA. To enhance an applicant’s 

chance of meeting its objectives within 

the grant’s three-year project period, 

applicants must use evidence-based 

strategies to implement their program. 

Public and private organizations with 

current funding through August 31, 

2010, that supports proposed 

ASIST2010 activities; tribes; and, 

county, State, and local health 

departments are encouraged to expand 

existing partnerships, if necessary, to 

address at least two of the seven HP 

2010 Focus Areas targeted by this RFA. 

As these public health systems/ 

collaborative partnerships work to 

achieve ASIST2010’s purpose, they 

should strive to create a system change 

similar to the efforts of the: 

(1) Evidence Based Disease and 

Disability Prevention Programs funded 

by the Administration on Aging 

(http://www.aoa.gov/prof/evidence/ 

aoa_ahrq_2006_overview.pdf); 

(2) Racial and Ethnic Approaches to 

Community Health (REACH) 2010 

funded by the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (http:// 

www.cdc.gov/reach2010); 

(3) the Health Resources and Services 

Administration Disparities 

Collaboratives (http:// 

www.healthdisparities.net/hdc/html/ 

library.aspx?documentID=9–12–

2006.2610&folderopen=yes); 

(4) Mental Health System 

Transformation Grants funded by the 

Substance Abuse and Mental Health 

Services Administration (http:// 

www.samhsa.gov/pubs/mhc/ 

MHC_Transformation.htm); 

(5) Accelerating Change and 

Transformation in Organizations and 

Networks funded by the Agency for 

Healthcare Research and Quality 

(http://www.ahrq.gov/research/ 

action.htm); 

(6) Clinical and Translational Science 

Awards funded by the National 

Institutes of Health (http:// 

www.ncrr.nih.gov/ 

clinicaldiscipline.CTSA_FactSheet.pdf); 

and 

At a minimum each ASIST2010 

applicant must: 

(1) Have in place, at the time the 

application is submitted, a public health 

system/collaborative partnership that 

includes a mix of the following types of 

organizations—public and private 

academic institutions and hospitals, 

medical groups/practices, communitybased and faith-based organizations, 

tribes and tribal organizations, 

organizations with expertise relevant to 

the HP 2010 objectives selected, State 

Women’s Health Coordinators (SWHCs), 

and organizations with demonstrated 

experience addressing gender issues 

through appropriate interventions/ 

programs; 

(2) describe how the current public 

health system/collaborative partnership 

operates (provides comprehensive, 

integrated, interdisciplinary care; 

primary care; education and outreach; 

community health planning; etc.), 

whether it has addressed one or more 

HP 2010 objectives, and whether any 

health or social issues addressed by the 

system have a gender focus; 

(3) List the funding sources already 

available to the applicant and the 

partners that will last at least through 

August 31, 2010, that could be used to 

help support the proposed ASIST2010 

program activities; 

(4) Describe how the public health 

system/collaborative partnership and 

target area will be enhanced with the 

addition of a gender focus; 

(5) State clearly the HP 2010 focus 

areas and objectives that will shape the 

grant activity and why these objectives 

are important to the tribe, county, 

region, or State; 

(6) Have demonstrated experience in 

the objectives selected and in women’s 

and men’s health and gender-focused 

programs; 

(7) Describe in detail how objectives 

will be achieved over the funding 

period and how progress toward the 

selected objectives will be tracked and 

measured annually; 

(8) Demonstrate that the objectives of 

the grant are SMART (assistance writing 

SMART objectives are available at 

http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/ 

Program_Evaluation/Guide/ 

AppB_Writing_Smart_Objectives.htm; 

(9) Provide the baseline and target 

data for the selected objectives—

tribal-, county-, State-, or regional-level 

data related to the objectives are 

required with a discussion of how the 

tribal, local, county, or State targets 

cascade from the HP 2010 targets; 

(10) State target(s) and short- and 

long-term outcome measure(s) for the 

next 3 years and the applicant’s plan/ 

strategy for reaching the targets; 

(11) State the total population to be 

reached by the initiative and describe 

activities to reach the population; 

(12) Establish a Steering Committee 

that includes, at a minimum, a 

representative from each partner 

organization and a lay community 

person to help oversee and monitor the 

implementation of the proposed 

program—Also use Table 6 in the 

Application Kit to provide a complete 

list of Steering Committee members; 

(13) Provide a comprehensive 

description of how the program will be 

evaluated; 

(14) Provide a partnership plan that 

describes in detail the role of each 

partner, the service(s) to be provided, 

the individual responsible for 

coordinating the services at the partner 

organization, how resources will be 

distributed among the partners (Table 

5), and a signed Memorandum of 

Agreement (MOA) for each partner (A 

sample MOA is provided in the 

Application Kit.); 


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(15) Demonstrate relevant 

involvement of partners in the 

development of the application and 

plans to carry out the proposed 

activities—Applicants must also 

complete Tables 5, 6, and 7 included in 

the Application Kit and provide all 

information requested; and 

(16) Provide a clear plan to continue 

the proposed activity(ies) after OWH 

funding has ended. 

II. Award Information 

The ASIST2010 program will be 

supported through the cooperative 

agreement mechanism. The OWH 

anticipates making these 3-year awards 

in FY 2007. The anticipated start date is 

September 1, 2007, and the anticipated 

period of performance is September 1, 

2007, through August 31, 2010. 

Approximately $4,000,000 is available 

to make awards between $150,000- 

$500,000 total cost (direct and indirect 

costs) each year for the three-year 

project period. The number of awards 

made is contingent upon the quality and 

type of applications received, the 

amount of funds requested, and the 

availability of Federal funds. The total 

amount requested by an applicant must 

be based on the scope of the proposed 

program activity(ies) and justified 

clearly. At a minimum, all applicants 

will address at least two HP 2010 Focus 

Areas and at least one objective within 

each Focus Area and target a specific 

geographic area (region, State, or 

county) and/or a specific population. 

Normally, applicants proposing to 

perform the minimum activities allowed 

by the RFA, as described above, would 

request funding at the lower end of the 

$150,000–$500,000 funding range. 

However, for this announcement, if an 

applicant proposes to serve a county 

with a population of over one million 

people or a county with a metropolitan 

area with over one million people, serve 

a rural area where outreach may be 

more costly, or have a unique situation, 

they may need to request funding at the 

upper end of the funding range. 

Therefore, it is crucial that applicants 

provide detailed justification for every 

aspect of their budget requests. 

The OWH will provide the technical 

assistance and oversight necessary for 

the implementation, conduct, and 

assessment of ASIST2010 program 

activities. 

The applicant shall: 

1. Implement the program described 

in the application according to the 

timeline that should be included in the 

Management Plan. 

2. Participate in and pay for 

attendance at two annual meetings of 

ASIST2010 grantees in the Washington, 

DC Metropolitan Area. The cost of these 

meetings (including travel, lodging and 

meals) should be included in the 

applicant’s budget. 

3. Participate in a full-day orientation 

meeting in the Washington, DC 

Metropolitan Area within two months 

after the award of the grant. In Year 1 

of the grant, this orientation meeting 

will count as one of the two meetings 

budgeted in the grant application. It is 

up to the applicant to decide and budget 

for the number of people that will 

participate in the orientation meeting. 

4. Participate in additional 

ASIST2010 working groups, special 

interest meetings, or other 

opportunities. The OWH will pay for 

the travel and lodging for these 

meetings. 

5. Adhere to all program requirements 

specified in the RFA and the Notice of 

Grant Award. 

6. Submit required quarterly reports 

and an annual progress and Financial 

Status reports by the due dates stated in 

this announcement and the Notice of 

Grant Award, following the format for 

the quarterly report that will be 

distributed at the orientation meeting. 

7. Ensure that appropriate staff is 

available to meet with the site visit team 

and provide a comprehensive report on 

the status of all grant activities. 

8. Identify clearly the HP 2010 

objectives to be addressed by the 

proposed program. 

9. Describe in detail the evidencebased program(s) to be implemented to 

achieve the program objectives. 

The Federal Government will: 

1. Conduct a pre-award site visit to 

applicants that score in the funding 

range. 

2. Organize and participate in all 

grantee meetings held in the 

Washington Metropolitan Area. 

3. Review and decide upon requested 

project modifications. 

4. Site visit ASIST2010 grantees at 

least once a year to provide advice and 

guidance on implementing the program 

and to help monitor progress toward 

goals. 

5. Review all reports submitted by the 

grantees. 

6. Monitor all grant activity and 

provide advice and guidance on the 

implementation of the grant program. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants. Eligible 

applicants are public and private 

organizations (public and private 

academic institutions and hospitals); 

community-based and faith-based 

organizations; and medical groups/ 

practices with existing funding lasting 

through September 30, 2010, that will 

help support the proposed ASIST2010 

activities, and State, county, or local 

health departments and tribes and tribal 

organizations with expertise and 

experience in the proposed objectives. 

Applicant organizations must already 

participate in an existing public health 

system/collaborative partnership. List 

the funding available for the applicant 

and the partners using Tables 7 and 8 

in the Application Kit. Although one 

organization should be the lead 

applicant, the applicant must 

demonstrate involvement of the partners 

in the development of the application 

and in the planning and execution of 

the grant activities. At least one third of 

the partners should have demonstrated 

experience addressing gender 

differences through appropriate 

interventions, programs, or research 

related to the selected objectives. Singlesite efforts are not eligible for this 

award. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching Funds. 

Cost sharing or matching funds are not 

required for this program. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request an Application 

Kit: Application Kits may be obtained 

by accessing Grants.gov at http:// 

www.grants.gov or the GrantSolutions 

system at http:// 

www.GrantSolutions.gov. To obtain a 

hard copy of the Application Kit, 

contact WilDon Solutions at 1–888–

203–6161. Applicants may fax a written 

request to WilDon Solutions at (240) 

453–8823 or email the request to 

OPHSgrantinfo@teamwildon.com. 

Applications must be prepared using 

Form OPHS–1, which can be obtained at 

the websites noted above. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

and Submission: At a minimum, each 

application for a cooperative agreement 

grant funded under this announcement 

must include the information listed 

below to be considered for funding: 

(a) A collaborative partnership that 

includes a mix of the following types of 

organizations—public and private 

academic institutions and hospitals, 

medical groups/practices, communitybased and faith-based organizations, 

tribes and tribal organizations, and 

organizations with expertise relevant to 

the HP 2010 objectives selected, 

SWHCs, and organizations with 

women’s health and gender-focused 

programs and experience; 

(b) A description of the present 

system, its accomplishments to date as 

related to HP 2010 objectives or genderbased activities, and a description of 

how a gender focus and increased 

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and efficiency of the public health 

system/collaborative partnership; 

(c) The type, source, purpose, and 

duration of funding the applicant and 

the partners have to help support the 

activities proposed for this initiative as 

well as the contact information for the 

Principal Investigator/Program Director; 

(d) A clear statement of HP 2010 

Focus Areas and objectives that will be 

addressed by the grant and how they 

will benefit the community, county, 

region, State or tribe; 

(e) A description demonstrating 

experience with the objectives selected 

and in women and men’s health/gender 

health and gender-focused programs; 

(f) A comprehensive implementation 

plan that describes how objectives and 

outcomes will be achieved over the 

funding period and how progress 

towards objectives’ targets and program 

outcomes will be tracked and measured 

annually; 

(g) Baseline and target data for the 

objectives and the population that will 

be the focus of the selected objectives, 

the targets for the next three years, and 

the plan/strategy of reaching the targets; 

(h) A description of the total 

population to be reached by the 

proposed grant program and a 

description of activities to reach the 

population; 

(i) A clear statement of the applicant’s 

targets and short- and long-term 

outcome measures for the three years 

and the applicant’s plan/strategy for 

reaching the targets; 

(j) A Steering Committee to oversee 

and monitor the implementation of the 

work plan that includes, at a minimum, 

a representative from each partner 

organization and a lay community 

person; 

(k) A comprehensive description of 

the program evaluation plan; 

(l) A partnership plan that describes 

in detail the role of each partner, the 

service(s) to be provided, the individual 

responsible for coordinating the services 

at the partner organization, how 

resources will be distributed among the 

partners, and a signed Memorandum of 

Agreement (MOA) for each partner; 

(m) A discussion demonstrating 

relevant involvement of the partners in 

the development of the application and 

plans to carry out the proposed program 

activities; and 

(n) A clear plan to continue the 

proposed activity(ies) after OWH 

funding has ended. 

The Project Narrative must not exceed 

a total of 30 double-spaced pages, 

excluding the appendices. All pages 

must be numbered clearly and 

sequentially. The application must be 

typed double-spaced on one side of 

plain 8′′ x 11′′ white paper, using at least 

a 12 point font, and 1′′ margins all 

around. The application should be 

organized in accordance with the format 

presented below. The information to be 

included in the ‘‘Project Narrative’’

section is also presented below. 

Applications submitted via hard copy 

must be stapled and/or otherwise 

securely bound. Applicants are required 

to submit an original ink-signed and 

dated application and two photocopies. 

Applications not adhering to this 

guidance may not be reviewed. All 

applicants must pay particular attention 

to structuring the narrative to respond 

clearly and fully to each Review Factor 

and associated review criteria. 

Background 

A. Describe the current public health 

system/collaborative partnership and 

why the public health system/ 

collaborative partnership was formed. 

B. Describe the population and 

geographic area served by the current 

public health system/collaborative 

partnership and the services provided. 

C. Provide an overview of the 

applicant’s organization and experience 

related to the selected HP 2010 Focus 

Areas and objectives and with other HP 

2010-related programs and/or activities. 

D. Describe experience/involvement 

with women’s and/or men’s health and 

gender-focused programs. 

E. Describe experience implementing 

and managing comprehensive, 

integrated, multidisciplinary programs. 

F. Describe the public health system/ 

collaborative partnership’s experience 

with the HP 2010 initiative. 

G. State goal and purpose of the 

proposed program. Include the number 

and demographics of the population to 

be served by the program. Use Table 6 

to provide the demographic information 

on the targeted population. 

H. Describe changes to the public 

health system/collaborative partnership 

to fulfill the proposed program’s 

purpose. 

I. Describe how the public health 

system/collaborative partnership will be 

enhanced with a gender focus. 

Implementation Plan 

A. State the disease Focus Area and 

objective(s) and the cross-cutting Focus 

Area and objective(s) to be addressed by 

the system using Table 1 in the 

Application Kit. 

B. Provide baseline data for HP 2010 

objectives and targets for the program in 

Table 2. 

C. Describe the evidence-based 

strategy(ies) to be implemented to reach 

the objectives within the 3-year funding 

period and plans for implementing it. 

Also use Table 4 to present this 

information. 

D. Describe the program outcomes 

and tasks to be accomplished during the 

3-year funding period. List the tasks, the 

individual or organization with the lead 

responsibility for completion of the task, 

and the period of time required to 

complete the tasks (Table 5). 

E. Describe programs and activities 

already in place to help support the 

selected Healthy People 2010 objectives. 

Include partners’ programs and 

activities (Table 7). 

F. Describe the role each partner will 

play in the implementation of the 

proposed program tasks to ensure that 

the tasks are accomplished by the dates 

reported in the timeline. 

G. Describe the resources already 

available and/or the resources that will 

be made available to support each task. 

Use Tables 7 and 8 to report this 

information in detail. 

H. Describe the composition of the 

Steering Committee, their role, and how 

their advice and guidance will be 

conveyed, implemented, and monitored. 

Use Table 6 to provide more detailed 

information about each member of the 

Steering Committee. 

Partnership Plan 

A. Provide a complete list of partners 

using Table 5, their primary area(s) of 

expertise, and their role/responsibility 

to ensure that the proposed program’s 

goals and the HP 2010 selected 

objectives’ targets are met (Table 5). 

B. Describe partners’ role in the 

development of the application. 

C. Include in the appendix of the 

application signed MOAs that specify 

the services the partners will provide 

and the contact information for the 

person serving as the main liaison for 

the partnering organizations. A sample 

MOA is provided in the Application Kit. 

Letters of support are not required for 

this proposal. 

D. Describe how resources will be 

distributed among the partners. 

E. Describe how partner activities will 

be factored into measurements of 

progress toward achieving selected HP 

2010 targets. 

F. Describe the role of the State 

Women’s Health Coordinator. 

Management Plan 

A. List key program staff and provide 

resumes for all budgeted and in-kind 

staff. 

B. Describe staff experience and how 

it relates to their project responsibilities. 

C. Describe the relationship of the 

Steering Committee, partners, and the 

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D. Provide an organizational chart 

depicting the grant administration 

structure. 

E. Provide a task chart/timeline with 

projected start and end dates for all 

program activities. This timeline should 

depict all program activities including 

reports, meetings, etc. and is in addition 

to the timeline for program tasks 

presented in Table 4. 

F. Discuss how the program’s progress 

will be monitored and strategies for 

keeping tasks on track. 

G. Describe how partner activities will 

be monitored and assessed. 

Evaluation Plan 

A. Describe the program evaluation 

methodology. 

B. Describe the surveillance system 

implemented for the program. 

C. List the program objectives using 

SMART style and how these objectives 

will be met. 

D. Describe the data sources and how 

the data will be obtained. 

E. Describe how progress towards 

objectives and targets will be tracked 

and measured. 

F. Describe short- and long-term 

program outcomes and how they will be 

tracked and measured. 

G. Include a timeline for the 

evaluation. 

Sustainability Plan 

A. Provide a clear, detailed plan to 

sustain the public health system/ 

collaborative partnership and program 

activities after OWH funding ends. 

B. Describe the goal and purpose of 

sustaining the program beyond 2010. 

C. Describe the benefits of sustaining 

the program (e.g., maintenance of the 

health benefits achieved through the 

initial program). 

D. Describe how the program will be 

sustained/institutionalized. 

E. Describe experience sustaining past 

programs. 

F. Describe any factors in the program 

design and implementation plan or with 

the applicant and partners’

organizational settings that may 

facilitate sustainability. 

Appendices 

A. Required Forms (Assurance of 

Compliance Form, list of funding 

sources, etc.) 

B. Key Staff Resumes 

C. Signed Partnership MOAs 

D. Program Timeline 

E. Organization Chart 

F. State Women’s Health Coordinator 

Letter 

G. Tables 1–9 in the Application Kit, 

if not included in the program narrative 

H. Other Attachments 

3. Submission Dates and Times. To be 

considered for review, applications 

must be received by the Office of Public 

Health and Science, Office of Grants 

Management, 

c/o WilDon Solutions, by 5 p.m. Eastern 

Time on the due date published in 

DATES section of the Federal Register. 

Applications will be considered as 

meeting the deadline if they are 

received on or before the deadline date. 

The application due date requirement in 

this announcement supersedes the 

instructions in Form OPHS–1. 

Submission Mechanisms 

The Office of Public Health and 

Science (OPHS) provides multiple 

mechanisms for the submission of 

applications, as described in the 

following sections. Applicants will 

receive notification via mail from the 

OPHS Office of Grants Management 

confirming the receipt of applications 

submitted using any of these 

mechanisms. Applications submitted to 

the OPHS Office of Grants Management 

after the deadlines described below will 

not be accepted for review. Applications 

which do not conform to the 

requirements of the grant announcement 

will not be accepted for review and will 

be returned to the applicant. 

While applications are accepted in 

hard copy, the use of the electronic 

application submission capabilities 

provided by the GrantSolutions system 

or the Grants.gov Web site Portal is 

encouraged. Applications may only be 

submitted electronically via the 

electronic submission mechanisms 

specified below. Any applications 

submitted via any other means of 

electronic communication, including 

facsimile or electronic mail, will not be 

accepted for review. 

Electronic grant application 

submissions must be submitted no later 

than 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the 

deadline date specified in the DATES

section of the announcement using one 

of the electronic submission 

mechanisms specified below. All 

required hardcopy original signatures 

and mail-in items must be received by 

the OPHS Office of Grants Management, 

c/o WilDon Solutions no later than 5 

p.m. Eastern Time on the next business 

day after the deadline date specified in 

the DATES section of the announcement. 

Applications will not be considered 

valid until all electronic application 

components, hardcopy original 

signatures, and mail-in items are 

received by the OPHS Office of Grants 

Management according to the deadlines 

specified above. Application 

submissions that do not adhere to the 

due date requirements will be 

considered late and will be deemed 

ineligible. 

Applicants are encouraged to initiate 

electronic applications early in the 

application development process, and to 

submit early on the due date or before. 

This will aid in addressing any 

problems with submissions prior to the 

application deadline. 

Electronic Submissions Via the 

Grants.gov Web Site Portal 

The Grants.gov Web site Portal 

provides organizations with the ability 

to submit applications for OPHS grant 

opportunities. Organizations must 

successfully complete the necessary 

registration processes in order to submit 

an application. Information about this 

system is available on the Grants.gov 

Web site: http://www.grants.gov. 

In addition to electronically 

submitted materials, applicants may be 

required to submit hard copy signatures 

for certain Program related forms, or 

original materials as required by the 

announcement. It is imperative that the 

applicant review both the grant 

announcement, as well as the 

application guidance provided within 

the Grants.gov application package, to 

determine such requirements. Any 

required hard copy materials, or 

documents that require a signature, 

must be submitted separately via mail to 

the OPHS Office of Grants Management, 

c/o WilDon Solutions, and if required, 

must contain the original signature of an 

individual authorized to act for the 

applicant agency and the obligations 

imposed by the terms and conditions of 

the grant award. When submitting the 

required forms, do not send the entire 

application. Complete hard copy 

applications submitted after the 

electronic submission will not be 

considered for review. 

Electronic applications submitted via 

the Grants.gov Website Portal must 

contain all completed online forms 

required by the application kit, the 

Program Narrative, Budget Narrative 

and any appendices or exhibits. All 

required mail-in items must be received 

by the due date requirements specified 

above. Mail-in items may only include 

publications, resumes, or organizational 

documentation. When submitting the 

required forms, do not send the entire 

application. Complete hard copy 

applications submitted after the 

electronic submission will not be 

considered for review. 

Upon completion of a successful 

electronic application submission via 

the Grants.gov Website Portal, the 

applicant will be provided with a 

confirmation page from Grants.gov 

indicating the date and time (Eastern 


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Time) of the electronic application 

submission, as well as the Grants.gov 

Receipt Number. It is critical that the 

applicant print and retain this 

confirmation for their records, as well as 

a copy of the entire application package. 

All applications submitted via the 

Grants.gov Web site Portal will be 

validated by Grants.gov. Any 

applications deemed ‘‘Invalid’’ by the 

Grants.gov Web site Portal will not be 

transferred to the GrantSolutions 

system, and OPHS has no responsibility 

for any application that is not validated 

and transferred to OPHS from the 

Grants.gov Website Portal. Grants.gov 

will notify the applicant regarding the 

application validation status. Once the 

application is successfully validated by 

the Grants.gov Web site Portal, 

applicants should immediately mail all 

required hard copy materials to the 

OPHS Office of Grants Management, 

c/o WilDon Solutions, to be received by 

the deadlines specified above. It is 

critical that the applicant clearly 

identify the Organization name and 

Grants.gov Application Receipt Number 

on all hard copy materials. 

Once the application is validated by 

Grants.gov, it will be electronically 

transferred to the GrantSolutions system 

for processing. Upon receipt of both the 

electronic application from the 

Grants.gov Web site Portal, and the 

required hardcopy mail-in items, 

applicants will receive notification via 

mail from the OPHS Office of Grants 

Management confirming the receipt of 

the application submitted using the 

Grants.gov Web site Portal. 

Applicants should contact Grants.gov 

regarding any questions or concerns 

regarding the electronic application 

process conducted through the 

Grants.gov Web site Portal. 

Electronic Submissions Via the 

GrantSolutions System 

The electronic grants management 

system, http://www.GrantSolutions.gov, 

provides for applications to be 

submitted electronically. When 

submitting applications via the 

GrantSolutions system, applicants are 

required to submit a hard copy of the 

application face page (Standard Form 

424 included in Form OPHS–1) with the 

original signature of an individual 

authorized to act for the applicant 

agency and assume the obligations 

imposed by the terms and conditions of 

the grant award. If required, applicants 

will also need to submit a hard copy of 

the Standard Form LLL and/or certain 

Program related forms (e.g., Program 

Certifications) with the original 

signature of an individual authorized to 

act for the applicant agency. When 

submitting the required forms, do not 

send the entire application. Complete 

hard copy applications submitted after 

the electronic submission will not be 

considered for review. 

Electronic applications submitted via 

the GrantSolutions system must contain 

all completed online forms required by 

the application kit, the Program 

Narrative, Budget Narrative and any 

appendices or exhibits. The applicant 

may identify specific mail-in items to be 

sent to the Office of Grants Management 

separate from the electronic submission; 

however these mail-in items must be 

entered on the GrantSolutions 

Application Checklist at the time of 

electronic submission, and must be 

received by the due date requirements 

specified above. Mail-in items may only 

include publications, resumes, or 

organizational documentation. When 

submitting the required forms, do not 

send the entire application. Complete 

hard copy applications submitted after 

the electronic submission will not be 

considered for review. 

Upon completion of a successful 

electronic application submission, the 

GrantSolutions system will provide the 

applicant with a confirmation page 

indicating the date and time (Eastern 

Time) of the electronic application 

submission. This confirmation page will 

also provide a listing of all items that 

constitute the final application 

submission including all electronic 

application components, required 

hardcopy original signatures, and mailin items, as well as the mailing address 

of the OPHS Office of Grants 

Management where all required hard 

copy materials must be submitted. 

As items are received by the OPHS 

Office of Grants Management, the 

electronic application status will be 

updated to reflect the receipt of mail-in 

items. It is recommended that the 

applicant monitor the status of their 

application in the GrantSolutions 

system to ensure that all signatures and 

mail-in items are received. 

Mailed or Hand-Delivered Hard Copy 

Applications 

Applicants who submit applications 

in hard copy (via mail or handdelivered) are required to submit an 

original and two copies of the 

application. The original application 

must be signed by an individual 

authorized to act for the applicant 

agency or organization and to assume 

for the organization the obligations 

imposed by the terms and conditions of 

the grant award. 

Mailed or hand-delivered applications 

will be considered as meeting the 

deadline if they are received by the 

OPHS Office of Grant Management, c/o 

WilDon Solutions, on or before 5 p.m. 

Eastern Time on the deadline date 

specified in the DATES section of the 

announcement. The application 

deadline date requirement specified in 

this announcement supersedes the 

instructions in the Form OPHS–1. 

Applications that do not meet the 

deadline will be returned to the 

applicant unread. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is subject to the Public Health 

Systems Reporting Requirements. Under 

these requirements, a community-based 

non-governmental applicant must 

prepare and submit a Public Health 

System Impact Statement (PHSIS). 

Applicants shall submit a copy of the 

application face page (SF–424) and a 

one page summary of the project, called 

the Public Health System Impact 

Statement. The PHSIS is intended to 

provide information to State and local 

health officials to keep them apprised of 

proposed health services grant 

applications submitted by communitybased, non-governmental organizations 

within their jurisdictions. 

Community-based, non-governmental 

applicants are required to submit, no 

later than the Federal due date for 

receipt of the application, the following 

information to the head of the 

appropriate State and local health 

agencies in the area(s) to be impacted: 

(a) A copy of the face page of the 

application (SF 424), (b) a summary of 

the project (PHSIS), not to exceed one 

page, which provides: (1) A description 

of the population to be served, (2) a 

summary of the services to be provided, 

and (3) a description of the coordination 

planned with the appropriate state or 

local health agencies. Copies of the 

letters forwarding the PHSIS to these 

authorities must be contained in the 

application materials submitted to the 

OWH. 

This program is also subject to the 

requirements of Executive Order 12372 

that allows States the option of setting 

up a system for reviewing applications 

from within their States for assistance 

under certain Federal programs. The 

application kit to be made available 

under this notice will contain a listing 

of States that have chosen to set up a 

review system and will include a State 

Single Point of Contact (SPOC) in the 

State for review. Applicants (other than 

federally recognized Indian tribes) 

should contact their SPOC as early as 

possible to alert them to the prospective 

applications and receive any necessary 

instructions on the State process. For 

proposed projects serving more than one 

State, the applicant is advised to contact 

the SPOC in each affected State. A 


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complete list of SPOC may be found at 

the following Web site: http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/ 

spoc.html. The due date for State 

process recommendations is 60 days 

after the application deadline. The 

OWH does not guarantee that it will 

accommodate or explain its responses to 

State process recommendations received 

after that date. (See ‘‘Intergovernmental 

Review of Federal Programs,’’ Executive 

Order 12372, and 45 CFR part 100 for 

a description of the review process and 

requirements.) 

5. Funding Restrictions: Funds may 

not be used for construction, building 

alterations, equipment, printing, food, 

and medical treatment. All budget 

requests must be justified fully in terms 

of the proposed goals and objectives of 

the program and include an itemized 

computational explanation/breakout of 

how costs were determined. 

6. Other Submission Requirements: 

As of October 1, 2003, all applicants are 

required to obtain a Data Universal 

Numbering System (DUNS) number as 

preparation for doing business 

electronically with the Federal 

Government. The DUNS number must 

be obtained prior to applying for OWH 

funds. The DUNS number is a ninecharacter identification code provided 

by the commercial company Dun & 

Bradstreet, and serves as a unique 

identifier of business entities. There is 

no charge for requesting a DUNS 

number, and you may register and 

obtain a DUNS number by either of the 

following methods: 

Telephone: 1–866–705–5711. 

Web site: https://eupdate.dnb.com/ 

requestOptions.html. 

Please note that registration via the 

Web site may take up to 30 business 

days to complete. 

V. Application Review Information 

Applications will be screened upon 

receipt. Those that are judged to be 

incomplete or arrive after the deadline 

will not be reviewed. Applications that 

are judged to be in compliance will be 

reviewed for technical merit by a 

technical review panel composed of 

experts with experience with sex and 

gender programs, program management, 

service delivery, outreach, health 

education, Healthy People 2000 and/or 

Healthy People 2010, leadership 

development, and program assessment 

in accordance with DHHS policies. 

Consideration for award will be given to 

applicants that best demonstrate 

progress and/or plausible strategies for 

eliminating health disparities through 

sex and gender targeted HP 2010 

objectives. Applicants are also advised 

to pay close attention to the specific 

program guidelines and general 

instructions in the Application Kit. 

1. Criteria: The technical review of 

applications will consider the following 

factors: 

Factor 1: Background and 

Implementation Plan (30 Points) 

To receive the maximum points for 

this Factor, the applicant must address 

all the items listed in the Background 

and Implementation Plan in Section IV. 

Application and Submission 

Information. At a minimum, the HP 

2010 objectives selected must be stated 

clearly with baseline and target data for 

the objectives and for the population to 

be served. In addition, the overall 

program objectives must also be stated 

in SMART format. Using the example 

stated earlier, a SMART objective for 

Focus Area 12—Heart Disease and 

Stroke may be: In State X, the applicant 

will increase the number of Hispanic 

men age 35–50 who have their high 

blood pressure under control from x% 

to y% in three years by increasing the 

percent of Hispanic men with a usual 

primary care provider. The rationale for 

the selection of the objectives and the 

anticipated impact on the community, if 

the target is reached, must also be 

described. The rationale may be that 

several studies (provide references) 

show that uninsured people are less 

likely to have a regular source of care, 

less likely to receive preventive and 

primary care, less likely to receive 

required preventive services, and more 

likely to delay needed medical care than 

insured people. One activity of the 

evidence-based strategy (provide 

references) may be to use an Eligibility 

Specialist to help enroll these men in all 

social services programs for which they 

are eligible to assist them in receiving 

insurance coverage, or other financial 

support, to pay for needed care, thus 

increasing their chance of receiving the 

services needed to help control their 

blood pressure. 

All applicants must achieve, at a 

minimum, the following three 

outcomes: establish a gender focus 

within the public health system/ 

collaborative partnership, implement a 

surveillance/tracking system, and 

develop and implement a sustainability 

plan. Plans for achieving each of the 

overall program outcomes that should 

be included in the Implementation Plan, 

not just those listed above, must be 

described. Outcome measures, beyond 

process measures, must also be 

described along with plans to track and 

report HP 2010 and overall program 

outcomes. Applicants should also 

address their resources and ability to 

meet the tribal, county, State, or 

national HP 2010 targets. The baseline 

data for the individual HP 2010 

objectives have been published by the 

National Center for Health Statistics and 

are available on the DATA2010 Web site 

located at http://wonder.cdc.gov/ 

data2010/. States may have published 

their own HP 2010 data. The HP 2010 

Midcourse Review assesses progress 

toward the Healthy People 2010 

objectives at the mid-point of the decade 

and is available at http:// 

www.healthypeople.gov/Data/ 

midcourse. These data, along with the 

tribal, State, local, or county data should 

be used to develop a plan to measure 

the impact of additional resources on 

the applicant’s ability to meet the HP 

2010 targets. Applicants must provide a 

projection of their success (percent of 

targeted change achieved) without the 

additional support and a projection of 

their success with the additional 

support. A plan to objectively track and 

quantify progress toward target(s) 

annually must be included in the 

evaluation section of the grant 

application Factor 4. 

Factor 2: Strength of the Public Health 

System/Collaborative Partnerships 

(Partnership Plan) (20 Points) 

To receive the maximum points for 

this Factor, the applicant must address 

all the items listed in the Partnership 

Plan in Section IV. Application and 

Submission Information. At a minimum, 

the applicants must include a statement 

of the program goal(s) and objectives. 

The public health system/collaborative 

partnership, as a collective, must have 

demonstrated knowledge, experience, 

and resources to enhance their chance 

of reaching the national, State, county, 

or tribal HP 2010 targets for the 

objectives selected. The applicant must 

include a comprehensive description of 

the current public health system/ 

collaborative partnership and describe 

how the public health system/ 

collaborative partnership is presently 

addressing HP 2010 objectives and 

gender issues. A partnership plan that 

lists each partner, describes in detail the 

role of each partner, their strengths/ 

expertise as it relates to the selected HP 

2010 objectives, the experience of the 

person assigned as the liaison to the 

project, and the percent effort for the 

liaison to work on project activities 

must also be included in this section. 

The length of the formal relationship 

between the partners and applicant 

should be described. The partnership 

tables (Tables 5 and 8) must be used to 

present this information. The length of 

the collaboration may date back to a 

non-HP 2010 activity. Applicants are 

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Women’s Health Coordinators (SWHCs) 

among their partners. A letter from the 

SWHC stating her willingness to 

participate in the system/collaborative 

partnership and her role on the project 

should be included in the Appendix. 

Factor 3: Management Plan (20 Points) 

To receive the maximum points for 

this Factor, the applicant must address 

all the items listed in the Management 

Plan in Section IV. Application and 

Submission Information. At a minimum, 

applicant organizations must describe 

their capability to manage the project as 

determined by the qualifications of the 

proposed staff; proposed staff level of 

effort; management experience of the 

staff; and the experience, resources, and 

role of each partner organization as it 

relates to program needs and activities. 

Resumes of key staff and partners 

should be included in the Appendix. 

Include the name, degrees earned, 

position, and FTE equivalent for each 

person/partner working on the program 

and listed in the Key Staff table. This 

table should provide enough 

information to identify the number of 

key personnel (salaried and in-kind) 

involved in the program (Table 9). 

Partners’ liaison information should 

also be included in this chart. If the 

partners’ liaison is different from the 

person serving on the Steering 

Committee, that individual’s 

information should be included in this 

section. The Management Plan should 

also describe succession planning for 

key personnel and cross training of 

responsibilities. It should also include a 

description detailing how the resources 

of the partners and the applicant 

organization will be integrated to 

develop a comprehensive, integrated, 

multidisciplinary strategy to address the 

selected program and HP 2010 

objectives. 

Factor 4: Evaluation Plan (20 Points) 

To receive the maximum points for 

this Factor, the applicant must address 

all the items listed in the Evaluation 

Plan in Section IV. Application and 

Submission Information. At a minimum, 

the applicant must provide a 

comprehensive description of how the 

program will be evaluated, especially as 

it relates to outcomes. This description 

should include a timeline, a discussion 

of data sources and how the data will be 

obtained and used. The OWH is 

particularly interested in tracking 

progress towards target(s). In addition, 

describe the impact of the additional 

resources on the public health system/ 

collaborative partnership’s ability to 

meet tribal, local, State, or national HP 

2010 target(s) and how progress towards 

target(s) will be measured. 

Factor 5: Sustainability Plan (10 Points) 

To receive the maximum points for 

this Factor, the applicant must address 

all the items listed in the Sustainability 

Plan in Section IV. Application and 

Submission Information. The goals of 

sustaining the program may be: (1) To 

maintain the benefits achieved through 

the program, (2) to institutionalize the 

program within the parent-grant 

organization and among the partners, (3) 

to keep component(s) of the program 

operational after the OWH funding 

ends, or (4) others. At a minimum, the 

sustainability plan should describe how 

the program will be maintained after 

OWH funding ends and the benefit of 

the sustained program to the target 

population. The plan should also 

address anticipated long-range benefits 

to the community, tribe, region, State, 

and/or county. Thoughtful succession 

planning and cross training of 

responsibilities could contribute to the 

sustainability of the program. Describe 

succession planning and plans to cross 

train within individual organizations 

and across the public health system/ 

collaborative partnership. 

2. Review and Selection Process: 

Accepted applications will be reviewed 

for technical merit in accordance with 

DHHS policies. Applications will be 

evaluated by an objective/technical 

review panel composed of experts in the 

fields of public health systems, program 

management, academic/community 

service delivery, outreach, health 

education, women’s health, men’s 

health, Healthy People 2000/2010, and 

evaluation. Consideration for award will 

be given to applicants that meet the 

goals and review criteria of the 

ASIST2010 programs. 

Funding decisions will be made by 

the OWH, and will take into 

consideration the recommendations and 

ratings of the review panel, program 

needs, stated preferences, the 

recommendations made based on the 

pre-award site visit, and the availability 

of Federal funds. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: Within a month of 

the review of all applications, 

applicants not scoring in the funding 

range will receive a letter stating that 

they have not been recommended for 

funding. Applicants scoring in the 

funding range will be contacted to 

schedule a pre-award site visit. 

Applicants selected for funding support 

will receive a Notice of Grant Award in 

September signed by the Grants 

Management Officer. This is the 

authorizing document to begin 

performing grant activities and it will be 

sent electronically and followed up with 

a mailed copy. Pre-award costs are not 

supported by the OWH. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: (1) In accepting this 

award, the grantee stipulates that the 

award and any activities thereunder are 

subject to all provisions of the 45 CFR 

parts 74 and 92, currently in effect or 

implemented during the period of this 

grant. (2) Requests that require prior 

approval from the awarding office (See 

Chapter 8, PHS Grants Policy Statement) 

must be submitted in writing to the 

OPHS Grants Management Office. Only 

responses signed by the Grants 

Management Officer are to be 

considered valid. Grantees who take 

action on the basis of responses from 

other officials do so at their own risk. 

Such responses will not be considered 

binding by or upon the OWH. (3) 

Responses to reporting requirements, 

conditions, and requests for post-award 

amendments must be mailed to the 

Office of Grants Management at the 

address indicated below in ‘‘Agency 

Contacts.’’ All correspondence requires 

the signature of an authorized business 

official and/or the project director. 

Failure to follow this guidance will 

result in a delay in responding to your 

correspondence. (4) The DHHS 

Appropriations Act requires that, when 

issuing statements, press releases, 

requests for proposals, bid solicitations, 

and other documents describing projects 

or programs funded in whole or in part 

with Federal money, the issuance shall 

clearly state the percentage and dollar 

amount of the total costs of the program 

or project that will be financed with 

Federal money and the percentage and 

dollar amount of the total costs of the 

project or program that will be financed 

by non-governmental sources. 

3. Reporting. A successful applicant 

will submit a quarterly progress report 

on December 10, March 10, June 10, and 

August 10, and a Financial Status 

Report 90 days after the close of each 

12-month budget period. The June 10 

report will serve as the non-competing 

renewal application. An original and 

two copies of the non-competing 

renewal application must be submitted 

no later than June 10 and report on 

program activities from September 

through the end of May. The final 

progress report is due 30 days after the 

close of the project period (August 31, 

2010). If a submission date falls on a 

Saturday or Sunday, then the report will 

be due the following Monday. 

The non-competing renewal 

application must include a discussion of 

progress made on the grant during the 


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year, plans for the coming year, a budget 

request for the next grant year, with 

complete justification, and appropriate 

signatures, and be submitted using Form 

OPHS–1. A Financial Status Report 

(FSR) SF–269 is due 90 days after the 

close of each 12-month budget period. A 

copy of the form will be sent with the 

Notice of Grant Award. 

VII. Agency Contact(s) 

For Application Kits, submission of 

applications, and information on budget 

and business aspects of the application, 

please contact: WilDon Solutions, Office 

of Grants Management Operations 

Center, 1515 Wilson Boulevard, Third 

Floor Suite 310, Arlington, VA 22209 at 

1–888–203–6161, e-mail 

OPHSgrantinfo@teamwildon.com, or fax 

703–351–1138. Also contact Wildon 

Solutions with questions regarding 

programmatic information and/or 

requests for technical assistance in the 

preparation of the grant application. 

VIII. Other Information 

Not applicable. 

Dated: April 13, 2007. 

Wanda K. Jones, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health 

(Women’s Health), Office of Public Health 

and Science. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Meeting of the Advisory Committee on 

Blood Safety and Availability 

AGENCY: Department of Health and 

Human Services, Office of the Secretary. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: As stipulated by the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, the U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services is hereby giving notice that the 

Advisory Committee on Blood Safety 

and Availability (ACBSA) will hold a 

meeting. The meeting will be open to 

the public on both Thursday, May 10 

and Friday, May 11, 2007. 

DATES: The meeting will take place 

Thursday, May 10, 2007 and Friday, 

May 11, 2007 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Georgetown University 

Conference Center, 3800 Reservoir 

Road, NW., Washington, DC 20057. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry 

A. Holmberg, PhD, Executive Secretary, 

Advisory Committee on Blood Safety 

and Availability, Office of Public Health 

and Science, Department of Health and 

Human Services, 1101 Wootton 

Parkway, Room 250, Rockville, MD 

20852, (240) 453–8803, FAX (240) 453–

8456, e-mail ACBSA@hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

ACBSA will receive updates on 

previous recommendations to include 

variant Creutzfeldt Jacob Disease (vCJD), 

Chagas, Transfusion Related Acute Lung 

Injury (TRALI) and West Nile Virus. 

Since the last meeting, the 

Committee’s Charter was modified and 

approved by Secretary Leavitt in 

October 2006 to include broad public 

health, ethical and legal issues related to 

transfusion and transplantation safety. 

In order to understand these areas of 

commonality, the main topic of this 

meeting will center on presentations 

and discussion of common concerns in 

transfusion and transplantation safety. 

The new charter permits the 

expansion of the Committee ex-officio 

members to include agencies other than 

those currently having a permanent exofficio seat. Representation from the 

Division of Organ Transplantation 

within the Health Resources and 

Services Administration (HRSA) and the 

Office of Cellular, Tissue, and Gene 

Therapy within the Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) will be added as 

Committee ex-officio members. 

Public comment will be solicited on 

Thursday, May 10, at noon and Friday, 

May 11, before noon. Comments will be 

limited to five minutes per speaker. 

Anyone planning to comment is 

encouraged to contact the Executive 

Secretary at his/her earliest 

convenience. Those who wish to have 

printed material distributed to Advisory 

Committee members should submit 

thirty (30) copies to the Executive 

Secretary prior to close of business May 

7, 2007. Likewise, those who wish to 

utilize electronic data projection to the 

Committee must submit their materials 

to the Executive Secretary prior to close 

of business May 7, 2007. 

Dated: April 13, 2007. 

Jerry A. Holmberg, 

Executive Secretary, Advisory Committee on 

Blood Safety and Availability. 

[FR Doc. E7–7340 Filed 4–17–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

Disease, Disability, and Injury 

Prevention and Control Special 

Emphasis Panel: Adopting and 

Demonstrating the Adaptation of 

Prevention Techniques for Persons at 

Highest Risk of Acquiring or 

Transmitting Human 

Immunodeficiency Virus (ADAPT2), 

Funding Opportunity Announcement 

(FOA) Number PS07–004 

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463), the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) 

announces a meeting of the 

aforementioned Special Emphasis 

Panel. 

Time and Date: 

8:30 a.m.–9 a.m., May 18, 2007 

(Open). 

9 a.m.–4 p.m., May 18, 2007 

(Closed). 

Place: Sheraton Midtown Atlanta 

Hotel at Colony Square, 188 14th Street, 

Atlanta, GA 30361. 

Status: The meeting will be closed to 

the public in accordance with 

provisions set forth in section 552b(c)(4) 

and (6), Title 5 U.S.C., and the 

Determination of the Director, 

Management Analysis and Services 

Office, CDC, pursuant to Public Law 92–

463. 

Matters to be Discussed: The meeting 

will include the review, discussion, and 

evaluation of a research application in 

response to FOA PS07–004, ‘‘Adopting 

and Demonstrating the Adaptation of 

Prevention Techniques for Persons at 

Highest Risk of Acquiring or 

Transmitting Human Immunodeficiency 

Virus (ADAPT2).’’

Contact Person For More Information: 

J. Felix Rogers, M.P.H., PhD, Scientific 

Review Administrator, Extramural 

Research Program Office, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 

Clifton Road, NE., MS E05, Atlanta, GA 

30333, telephone 404.639.6101. 

The Director, Management Analysis 

and Services Office, has been delegated 

the authority to sign Federal Register 

notices pertaining to announcements of 

meetings and other committee 

management activities, for both CDC 

and the Agency for Toxic Substances 

and Disease Registry. 


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